Automated Re-Melt Control Systems
AssigneenVent Services GmbH
InventorsFranco A. Chakkalakal, Mike Allenspach, Kent Kalar
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a pipeline temperature management system includes communicating, via a management console, with a controller of the pipeline temperature management system, where the controller is configured to obtain temperature data from sensors of the pipeline and control application of heat to sections of the pipeline. The method also includes displaying, via a user interface of the management console, a current state of the pipeline based on information from the controller, receiving an alarm notification based on the temperature data, and displaying the alarm notification via the user interface.
Claims30
A method for monitoring a pipeline temperature management system, the method comprising:
- communicating, via a management console, with a controller of the pipeline temperature management system, the controller configured to obtain temperature data from sensors of the pipeline and control application of heat to sections of the pipeline;
- displaying, via a user interface of the management console, a current state of the pipeline based on information from the controller;
- receiving an alarm notification based on the temperature data;
- and
- displaying the alarm notification via the user interface.
A method for monitoring a pipeline temperature management system, the method comprising:
- communicating, via a management console, with a controller of the pipeline temperature management system via a communications network, the controller configured to obtain pipeline data from sensors associated with the pipeline and control application of heat to individual sections of the pipeline;
- and
- displaying, via a user interface of the management console, current operational parameters, including current temperature information, of the individual sections of the pipeline based on the pipeline data.
A pipeline temperature management system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to record temperature data for the pipeline, the temperature data including temperature measurements for each of a plurality of locations along the pipeline;
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- a controller in electronic communication with the plurality of sensors, the controller comprising a processor and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
- receive the temperature data from the plurality of sensors,
- determine, based on the temperature data, an alarm notification, and
- electronically communicate with a client system remote from the controller, via a communications network, to cause a graphical user interface of the client system to display a current state of the pipeline and the alarm notification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.